Gloster Jet Bomber

[Mike Wren]

flicking through the WWII British Secret Projcts book the Gloster Jet Bomber project stuck me as looking quite a lot like a Meteor, anyway, a quick bit of maths revealed that a 1/48 Meteor was pretty much spot on in fuselage dimensions for a 1/72 Jet Bomber...

so I scanned the line drawing from the book & scaled it up to 1/72...



work started today...



it looks like the wing won't be suitable though, I'll have to have a look at what I can canibalise for that & the engine pods

[Leigh]

Nice idea this is gonna be fun to watch. What you gonna do for a canopy?

[Mike Wren]

possible colour schemes... not exactly sure how they'd have been used in reality so have tried out a few ideas

night bomber scheme


day bomber scheme


photo recce scheme


high altitude scheme

[Mike Wren]

What you gonna do for a canopy?

good question... er...    

[Geoff_B]

Erm Mike

Why don't you ask Tsrjoe about it afterall he did the model for the book  !!!!!, he should have some good ideas on the subject.

Looking good BTW (and nice to see others taking up the challenge )

Cheers

Geoff B B)  

[Tophe]

What you gonna do for a canopy?

good question... er...  

Putty+black paint could be an answer, while if you want to have clear glazed parts, this is hard scratch-building...

[lancer]

Looking good Mike.  

[waynos]

regarding a canopy for it, could the Ar 234 canopy be made to fit?  

[NARSES2]

I'd go for the High Altitude scheme myself as it's gorgeous

Best of luck with it Mike

Chris

[proditor]

If you want a clear canopy, I think that Squadron's thermoform clear styrene stuff would work.

http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=SQ9003

I need to order some myself, I pooched a few canopies to a point beyond Future's fixative ability.  

[BlackOps]

Looks like a good start, I like the night camo myself.




Jeff G.

[elmayerle]

I'm not sure if it's tapered enough, but would a B-29 or B-50 canopy work?

[Mike Wren]

Why don't you ask Tsrjoe about it afterall he did the model for the book  !!!!!, he should have some good ideas on the subject.

I know he did!    his is painted on, I think I'll try plunge moulding one unless I can find something that fits perfectly (unlikely), although I'll probably leave that bit til last  

thanks for the comment chaps

speaking of post-war camo...

[noxioux]

it looks like the wing won't be suitable though, I'll have to have a look at what I can canibalise for that & the engine pods

A truly masochistic modeler would scratchbuild the wings.  And not those wimpy thin jet type wings, either.  We're talking cutting ribs and skinning baby!

Or I guess you could take the easy way out and cannibalize maybe a 1/48 B-29???

But it's truly a cool idea.  can't wait to see it finished!  

[The Rat]

Mike, this epitomises Whiffery! Best of luck, you're starting with a great subject so you might go a bit JMN on it after a while, when you realise that you want to do it justice.  ^_^

And I'm with Wooksta on the paint, that last one is a winner. Balsa wings? Yep, and if you want to seal the surface for easier sanding try using a 50/50 mix of white glue and water. It won't eat plastic that it gets on, no fumes, and it's really easy and cheap. You could play with the mix ratio if you like, but that one worked for me  

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